FOX 26 Houston: News & Alerts Negative Reviews

FOX 26 Houston: News & Alerts App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

FOX 26 Houston: News & Alerts app received 19 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using FOX 26 Houston: News & Alerts? Can you share your negative thoughts about fox 26 houston: news & alerts?

FOX 26 Houston: News & Alerts for Negative User Reviews

✓ Notifications do not take you to the story in the notificationGreat app! I would give it a higher rating but the notifications never take you to the story that you’re notified about. Instead you go to a general page and the link to that story is no where to be found..BoadyVersion: 5.27.0

✓ Who knows the locations you put?In ten years of living down here I am always baffled by how the Houston media puts in location of stories. Are you serious to think that the vast majority of Houston knows an area when you “1600 block of ______”? Really? I lived in NYC, NJ and Florida and never had to use a map to understand a story in the news like I do here. Just another Houston embarrassment! Please find a way to pinpoint locations of your story in your story that has the majority of the city in mind..NjtxirishVersion: 4.3.4200

✓ I’m uninstalling this appIf my wife gets a story on fox and sends me a link to it, this app takes over and won’t send me to the story. It sends me to a link page, and I can’t find the story. By uninstalling the app it will take me to the web page (which is correct). So you’re better off without the app..Ralph_AveryVersion: 5.25.0

✓ Too many ads slowing the appThe app was great until the new design. Now it’s impossible to navigate through all the process-hogging ads. And instead of being able to choose from the top stories at the front page the users have to jump through hoops and deal with pop up ads to figure out how to find top stories by using the top nav bar. With today’s political climate I wouldn’t be surprised if the app designers were Fox haters..ChammackVersion: 4.3.3800

✓ TV great - app disappointsSo, Fox26 app sends you a teaser on your home screen linking supposedly to the story. Every time, I sit patiently through the advertisement, then the app screen says "We'll be right back" and nothing happens and I don't get to see the story. I won't stop looking up the news on the app, but am not going to fall for the video tease from the app anymore..JmbasbVersion: 4.3.4200

✓ Too many notificationsI wish there was a way to limit the notifications to specific topics. I get too many messages each say when I only care about breaking news..BeauPittmanVersion: 5.26.0

✓ AwfulNotifications come through of something I want to read and when I click it is nowhere on the app. Refreshing for 5 minutes and still no article matching the notification. Happens all the time!!! About to delete this app all together. Upload your news THEN put out a notification. No one has time for this. Unprofessional. Feels like bait and switch to get me to open the app and the story I want to read is nowhere to be found..Jaxmax09Version: 5.12.1

✓ Missing ReportEvery single time I get an alert on my iPhone for a story, no matter what, even if I click on it immediately, it will open the app and I will never see the story. I assume when I click on the alert that it would bring me to the story. But no. It brings me to the home page and I can never find the story. So I resort to googling and reading the story from a competitor. Thanks..KelllyrocksVersion: 5.8.0

✓ 3rd party advertismentsThere are too many 3rd party advisers. When I, and other's scroll down a page we get bombarded with unnecessary advertisements. This takes away from the pleasantries of reading because they are all over the place. They split reports and stories, having one all over the place, while trying to read an article. This is the main reason I do not like your app, and use another instead. Please have your IT department look at this issues and redesign for a better reading experience. Thank you.Dani_shawnVersion: 5.42.0

✓ Timely and QuickWell written app that delivers news in a timely fashion. Updates quickly and responds well on all network connections. However, political news appears to have a liberal bias. I would prefer my news like detective Joe Friday likes his witness statements. “Just the facts, please.”.RockeyReedVersion: 4.3.4200

✓ Fox appLike the app for Chanel's 2and 13 the apps all look alike and are not really kept up to date especially overnight. The weather maps are just really local not able to see across the country. The sports section is worthless if you like to see all sports and all across the country--- no scores, and it appears it is a day behind on info, it keeps repeating the same news nothing really new. You need to look at channel 11'sapp to see what an app is supposed to look like and cover especially weather and sports.Zztop625Version: 4.3.5201

✓ Add a search featureI downloaded the Fox 26 News app today because the Fox 26 newscaster said a list of HISD schools offering free meals was posted on the Channel 26 news app. I cannot find that list on your website. Having a “locate” or “search” feature would be very helpful. I have run into this same problem with other local Houston news stations. The television reporter says further details will be available online, but when you go to look online, the story is either not online, or it is buried somewhere that is not easily located. Having a search feature would improve the usefulness of your website..Lovesreading3Version: 5.12.1

✓ GlitchyGood articles. App is glitchy. If I try to open from notifications, it does nothing, same with app. I have to restart my phone to open up app. Otherwise articles are written good..Luciebe2Version: 5.29.5

✓ VideosI really dislike the fact that every time I click on a story to read, NO MATTER WHAT the video for the story INSTANTLY plays. Really really bad feature, if I wanted the video to play I would press play. PLEASE FIX! side note: as a mother to a newborn, when I get a chance to myself I love to read and look at the news. Unfortunately I’ve noticed myself coming to the fox26 app less and less because i know if I click on a story I run the risk of the video for the story starting instantly and it’s loud - wakes up baby - startles the dog so therefore the dark barks- ... domino effect if you will, all because I click on a story to read and the video plays instantly👎🏻.Dee&AyyVersion: 4.3.5201

✓ Ads drove me to another station's appThe positive reviews are accurate, but they're about the station, not the app. The app is terrible, largely because of the ads that keep popping up, too often causing what I'm reading to shift off the screen. Tired of "chasing" the articles I'm trying to read, I have settled on another Houston station's app where this doesn't happen..S/V Southern GirlVersion: 4.3.3800

✓ Where’s Brazoria County???This app would be better if it had a section for Brazoria County news, like it does for all of the other counties. It also needs more articles. I get more news articles on Facebook than I do from this app..BluebunnybabeVersion: 5.6.6

✓ RedundancyI don’t usually write reviews but the older app was much better. Being a native Washingtonian I still have the app for that area and Fox5 DC updated first and I hated it. It made me look forward to checking Houston news and glad they hadn’t changed yet. But low and behold they changed to the same design probably the same app designer and I don’t understand why it’s so subpar. As you scroll the same stories repeat over and over again sometime within the same feed. I understand advertisements but why is it the same one each time I click on a different story. I’m sure Dr. Alisha Howard is a wonderful evangelist but personally being non religious it feels like it’s being shoved down my throat. There are usually ads from different business in the town the news centers on. It’s honestly disappointing and I expected better. But that how we mess ourselves up in life when we expect things so it’s really my own personal issue of expectations. I’m working on it though. Expect nothing and accept everything!.CNU MomVersion: 5.8.0

✓ Plethora of Ads are horrid detractorsThe number of ads and the ways they are presented completely detract from the news, which is the reason to come to the site. I find myself searching elsewhere when I see a notification to read about in order to avoid all the "noise"..CaseytooVersion: 5.29.5

✓ Too much self promoting and where’s the storyI don’t care about special stories or who is on the morning show. Way too many sports updates with no filters available. Biggest gripe is getting an alert and going to no story at all related to the alert on the site..AttakwabbitVersion: 4.3.5100

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